I don’t read non-fiction.
Well, let me clarify. I read loads of non-fiction for my job; hence, I don’t read a lot of it at home. I prefer fiction escapism in my off-time.
There is an exception: food-related non-fiction. I stumbled upon this exception as a happy accident. I don’t know […]
Let me take a moment, as fall takes hold, to extol the virtues of a lowly root vegetable: the parsnip.
Parsnips look like anemic carrots on steroids. But they have a nutty-sweet flavor all their own and more food value (loads of potassium and fiber). They once held […]
There was a question on “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” this evening about Karo syrup. This stuff used to be a kitchen staple, but the guy who was responding didn’t know that it was a brand of corn syrup. I found this to be a sort of blasphemy. […]
General Mill’s sweet & salty Chex Mixes are crack in a bag.
Must…get…help….
I’ve seen calculators purporting to calculate your daily calorie needs, but, until surfing the web this morning, I’ve never seen the following explanation: to maintain your current weight, you need to intake about 12 calories per pound of that current weight per day (and the corollary: if you want to lose weight you should […]